On Saturday morning I ran my first half-marathon. I’ve been running 3 times a week for two and half years now, and once I started running longer than 4 miles, I had in mind to run 13.1 in a competitive environment (if you use RunKeeper, we should connect on there). As a big sports junkie, [...]

This post is a part of the series I’m doing on A Theology of Cultural Engagement. Check out all the other posts on VOCATION, RESTORATION, CREATION, and CROSS-BEARING. — Growing up as a senior pastor’s oldest son I’ve seen the style of local churches change. It would not surprise anyone to here me say I [...]

This post is a part of the series I’m doing on A Theology of Cultural Engagement. Today’s post will focus on the role of cross-bearing in cultural integration. — The last key area Christ leads us into cultural engagement is through cross-bearing. This is in reference to Jesus’ teaching to his disciples in Luke 9 [...]

This post is a part of the series I’m doing on A Theology of Cultural Engagement. Today’s post will focus on the role of creation in cultural integration. — Christians have long been known to condemn culture when it does not reflect their beliefs and values system. Jerry Falwell didn’t like Teletubbies, Terry Jones didn’t [...]

This post is a part of the series I’m doing on A Theology of Cultural Engagement. Today’s post will focus on the role of restoration in cultural integration. — Spend any time analyzing the world we live in today and it becomes so apparent we live in a broken and hurting world. People are amazingly [...]

This post is a part of the series I’m doing on A Theology of Cultural Engagement. Today’s post will focus on the role of vocation (working) in cultural integration. — I sense that in today’s churches many view pastoral leadership as the pinnacle of Christ following. I like how Steve Bishop put it in a [...]